Turtle Wexler Character Analysis

She fears for the lives of her children and worries that harm will come to them. This also represents an aspect of the parent-child relationship. No matter how old children get, their parents still worry about the things they do and the choices they

Truman Capote characterizes Holcomb as a innocent and peaceful farm town with a small population of people and a few rundown buildings. As he describes the town of Holcomb he paints a picture that not a lot happens in the town and that the surrounding towns do not pay attention to Holcomb or even know that the small town exists. Capote describes the town as being melancholy, lonesome and unknown he describes the town like this so that when a crime happens in this town it has a greater impact on the people. In order to convey these ideas Capote uses a great deal of imagery and has a good use of diction that is easy to understand so that his ideas come across clear and he is able to paint the picture he wants to paint.

When you think of a good life you definitely don’t think of Max Vandenburg. Max was a good Jewish man, he was just on a rough path. In his time staying with the Hubermanns, Max did change into a new person.

4. Temperaments: Calm, but when she is angry becomes a firecracker. She has a potty mouth, the Greg hates, but she doesn’t care. Overall is a great girl and very down to earth. Sometimes she is overly dramatic, but makes sure her reasoning for it is legitimate. She can be very emotional at times, also.

After reading The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Turtle is a dynamic character. At the beginning of the book, the character is neglected; eventually, the character becomes genuine and Kind Hearted. These character traits were observed through Turtle's actions, dialogue, relationships, choices, and problems. Turtle towards the middle and the end of the book is nice. This connects to my life because Turtle is very nice like my two little sisters.

In Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, the pessimistic main character, Brian is in extreme isolation and experiences a horrible conflict. While Brian has to adapt from being his comfortable self in the city to a vulnerable life in the canadian wilderness. Brian experiences with separations is both indifference and enhancing ways. The plot brightens up by the author's main purpose, change. This essay will analyse Brian’s character, internal conflict, and the aspect of the setting.

Taylor receives no explanation from the woman who leaves Turtle with her, yet Taylor still takes on huge responsibility of caring for the child. Then, Taylor starts to notice a lot of things that makes her wandering what happened with the little girl. Taylor starts noticing Turtle’s smile while she was bathing her, and she also discovers that Turtle has been sexually molested and abused. By discovering these details of Turtle’s life, Tylor want to know more about Turtle’s life. She start working, but Tylor keeps thinking about Turtle. For example, in page (69) Tylor starts the work at Burger Derby, but after 6 days she quiet. She kept thinking about Tylor and who will take care of her while she is in work. That shows how Tylor start acting like mother when she left her job and tried to find a good place for her and

I discovered towards the end of the story that she considered Maggie her ?dancing mother?(480), and she wanted to kick her because she knew she couldn?t scream, and that would be her way of getting even and making her mother feel the way she did-- helpless and alone.

Turtle is super grumpy and quick tempered for a girl her age. She is the only girl, that is not afraid to be mean, and kick people in the shins, if she feels like doing so. She is also very tenacious, she always seems to be very stubborn, in the story. People often don’t like Turtle, because of her attitude, and for fear of being kicked in the shins.

leaders is how each character uses a different method and style of leadership. As a leader Hazel uses rabbits strengths to accomplish goals. Hazel looks for a group to send to Efrafa, even though he wants to go but decides to send Holly instead because he is more fit for the job. Hazel tells the group, “I knew you wouldn’t let me go. I’m not the right fellow anyway-Holly is. He knows everything about moving in the open and he’ll be able to talk when he gets there”(195). This shows Hazel is willing to sacrifice what he wants for the best interest of the warren. General Woundwort in contrast, is obsessed with power and keeps his warren on lockdown at all times.

One of her characteristics in the story is being a very pushy person. Even when she is not heard by her family, she continues to praise her homeland hoping that Bailey would change his

Brinker reared back arrogantly. “And who do you think I am!” But Finny hadn’t heard that. His face had broken into a wide and dazzled smile at what I had said, lighting up his whole face. “Enlist!” I drove on, “I wouldn’t enlist with you if you were Elliott Roosevelt.”

and strength of character help her move forward. Despite some moments of hesitation and self doubt she makes her choices with full knowledge of what she is doing and why. Being neither her real mother or legal guardian, if Taylor gets caught Turtle will certainly be taken away from her and put into the custody of foster parents. But, if she does nothing she will lose Turtle anyway.

I would like to recommend this chapter because I think this is a common phenomenon in our real life. My favorite character is Ivypaw, because I think she is the one that seems to be more likely a normal person. Everyone could be jealous, just like Ivypaw, and everyone may want to try his best to beat the one that makes him feel jealous. Actually Ivypaw worked very hard, and even join the dark forest to make herself stronger. During this time she started to know what she wants, and stick at being a spy for all the clans in the forest. Since then, she stated to forget her envy of her sister, and do the job that only she can make it. So we can learn that following your intuition can help you to be yourself. Being jealous is not always a bad thing,

reluctance to admit her father’s death. When he dies, she refuses to let anyone remove his body from their house. It’s as if she feels she needs his comforting and protection.